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Car and Driver Survive Drop Down a Famous and Scary 800-Foot Cliff in Canada

Gravity seems to have taken a few minutes off when a 20-year-old unidentified woman from Canada drove her dark gray Toyota Echo off the edge of the Signal Hill cliff in St. John, Newfoundland.
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The car only fell about one-quarter of the whole 800-foot drop, but looking at the scenery and the very steep incline, it's still a miracle how it managed to stop where it did and how the driver survived. The young woman was found 60 feet further away from the car, but it's yet unclear whether she jumped out of the vehicle or was projected out as it came to a sudden stop. The deployed airbag isn't very conclusive as its pyrotechnic charge could have gone off following any of the impacts suffered by the car on its way down.

The police were called at about 7:45 am on Monday morning concerning a car that was driving suspiciously close to the Cabot Tower. Nobody knows what drove the woman to take the plunge, but all signs make the accident theory highly unlikely. The fact that she was alone there so early in the morning and that she had to drive through a closed barrier to reach the cliff's edge point towards a suicide attempt. However, in the absence of any official statement, these are only speculations.

Police refused to reveal the driver's identity and, CBC News reports, they've also clearly stated they won't be providing updates concerning the victim's state for now. She was taken to a hospital in a "serious condition" by the first emergency crews that showed up on the scene. Later on, the car was also recovered with help from the police, a towing company and a high-angle rescue crew with the St. John's Regional Fire Department.

The car itself posed a significant danger as the cliff is host to many hiking trails, and the high winds of the Atlantic coast could have caused it to lose its frail balance and start rolling down the cliff at any minute.

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